Date of birth:

January 22nd, 1919 (Dover/Georgia, United States)

Date of death:

June 4th, 1942 (Pacific Ocean)

Nationality:

American

Flournoy Glen Hodges, born 22 January 1919 in Dover, Georgia, attended the University of Georgia and entered the Naval Reserve 13 May 1940 at Macon, Georgia. He had preliminary flight training at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Miami, and was appointed aviation cadet 15 August 1940. After more flight training at the Naval Air Stations at Pensacola and Miami, he was commissioned an Ensign 15 April 1941 and ordered to a torpedo squadron in the Pacific. He was shot down and reported missing during the Battle of Midway 4 June 1942. The U.S.S. Hodges (DE 321) was named after him.

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